I have taken the answers to specific questions from Kevin Shea's, Carrie Katz's and Lois Fallis' interview and presented them so you can compare and contrast. I will do this today and tomorrow and next week I will present another Invisible Mentor interview. Think of the questions below while you are reading the blog post.
How does the information relate to your work and life?
What are five takeaways?
What qualities do you have that are similar to the interviewees?
How will those qualities aid your success?
Tell me a little bit about yourself.
Kevin Shea
I was born in Montreal, and my family moved to Los Angeles when I was … [Read more...]

I first learned about A Technique for Producing Ideas by James Webb Young a couple of months ago, so I did a quick search on the internet to get additional information. I found two articles that summarized the book, which is only 48 pages in length, and felt the method described sounded similar to the one outlined in the Art of Thought by Graham Wallas, which I have written about several times.
As a professional with over 15 years research experience, I felt it important to read the book for myself because information that I may think is important might have been left out of the articles that I read. It is interesting that I noted the … [Read more...]

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The Invisible Mentor - because you are never alone! This blog is about professional development: Interviews, book reviews/summaries and mini biographies. In 2013, I launched the first Virtual Literary World Tour, and in 2014, I embarked on a journey to an informal classical education. In 2015, Join The Invisible Mentor 2015 Reading Challenge today, connecting the ideas from the books you read! If you find the content valuable, please consider making a donation. I spend more than 200 hours each month to bring you invisible mentors who you can learn from!